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The Notebook By: Nicholas Sparks
Today I will be talking to you about a famous movie and novel The Notebook. It is an achingly tender story about the enduring power of love and a story that will make you believe in miracles. Like a puzzle within a puzzle, the story of Noah and Allie is just the beginning. As it unfolds, their tale amazingly becomes something different, with much higher stakes. The result is a deeply moving portrait of love itself, the tender moments and the important changes in their relationship affect us all. Shining with a beauty that is rarely found in current literature, The Notebook establishes Nicholas Sparks as a classic storyteller with a unique insight into love itself.
The novel begins with Duke reading to an older woman, whose memory is slipping from her more and more every day. Duke reads the story of two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who meet one evening at a carnival. They are soon separated by Allie's parents who disapprove of Noah's un-wealthy family, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie then sees Noah in the newspaper and with her love for Noah still alive, stops by Noah's 200-year-old home that he restored for her to check if “he’s okay”. It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love.
In the novel "The Notebook" Noah is a boy of lower income and Allie is from a wealthy family who vacations in Noah's town. The first conflict is the difference between the two future lover's classes. Noah is not considered an appropriate mate for Allie. Through the story, Noah and Allie were good partners and they were happy; but Allie’s parents disapproved of their relationship whereas Noah’s dad had already thought of Allie as his

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